Life-form and Biological Spectrum of Morni Hills, Panchkula, Haryana

Abstract

The present paper deals with the different life form categories and biological spectrum of Morni Hills in Panchkula district of Haryana. During field surveys, 950 species of vascular plants were recorded from Morni Hills. It includes Therophytes (29.68%), Phanerophytes (21.89%), Nano-phanerophytes (12.94%), Chamaephytes (10.73%), Lianas (10%), Geophytes (8.32%), Hemicryptophytes (4.94%), Hydrophytes (0.84%) and Epiphytes (0.63%). Biological spectrum has been compared with normal spectrum to know the phytoclimate of this region. After the comparison with normal spectrum the phytoclimate of Morni area is Thero-Geo-Chamae-phytic.